A nightclub-goer who tossed a wad of bills into hip-hop honcho Sean “Puffy” Combs’ face sparked the wild shooting and car chase that landed Combs and superstar gal pal Jennifer Lopez in the slammer for the night.

“You’re not the only one here with money,” the man shouted after he and his pals clashed with Combs and his crew at the trendy Club New York, police sources said.

A member of Combs’ entourage, rapper Jamal “Shyne” Barrow, allegedly responded to the insult by squeezing off several shots from a 9mm Ruger, wounding three bystanders.

Prosecutors said Combs also pulled out a gun during the dispute — a charge he denied after posting $10,000 bail.

“I do not own a gun. I do not carry a gun. The charges and allegations against me are 100 percent false,” he said.

Cops nabbed Barrow with his gun outside the star-studded Times Square Club, they said. The 19-year-old aspiring artist was hit with three counts of attempted murder and held without bail.

Lopez, 29, Combs, 30, his ex-con bodyguard and his driver fled the chaos in a Lincoln Navigator SUV registered to the rap star’s Bad Boy record company — speeding through 11 red lights while cops pursued them, police said.

All four were arrested on weapons-possession charges after police spotted a stolen, loaded 9mm semiautomatic on the floor of the car.

The charges against Lopez — who bawled in her holding cell, according to cops — were dropped. More than 12 hours after the “Out of Sight” star was arrested, she was spirited out of a back door and bundled into a black Mercedes.

“It’s over and she was completely exonerated,” said her lawyer, Larry Ruggiero. “She had nothing to do with the gun. She had nothing to do with the shooting. We’re glad the truth won out.”

Combs was arraigned on two felony weapons-possession charges — for the gun in the car and the one allegedly brandished in the club. The top count carries a 15-year prison sentence.

“At least one witness saw Mr. Combs pull out a pistol while he was in the club,” said prosecutor Matthew Bogdanos, who requested $100,000 bail.

“I have 50 witnesses who say that is not true,” Combs’ lawyer, Harvey Slovis, shot back.

The chaos erupted at 3a.m. with a dispute between Combs’ crew and another group — who apparently thought the rap impresario was acting too big for his designer britches.

A police source said the rivals “got in each other’s faces.” Insults were exchanged. The money was thrown at Puffy, who was carrying $8,000. Then shots rang out.

“Everybody hit the floor and people started screaming,” a clubber said. “It was pandemonium.”

Police said Barrow got off several rounds, and someone else fired a .40-caliber handgun.

The wounded bystanders did not suffer life-threatening injuries.

Natanya Ruben, 29, of Brooklyn, had a bullet lodged in her cheek. Julius Jones, 27, of Brooklyn, was shot in the shoulder. Robert Thompson, 39, of Connecticut, was grazed.